Oil-cloth display-rack and cutting-table



F. IVI. BALDWIN.

0|L CLOTHDISPLAY RACK AND CUTTING TABLE.

l APPLICATION FILED MAY 3'I, I9I8. I 52,391?, PatentedSept. 7, 1920;

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1 I I I I l I I I F. IVI. BALDWIN.

OIL CLOTH DISPLAY RACK AND CUTTING TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 3T, 1918. 1,352,397, PatentedSept. 7, 1920.

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FREDERICK lVI. BALDWIN, OF BISHOP, CALIFORNIA.

OIL-CLOTH DISPLAY-RACK AND CUTTING-TABLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application `filed May 31, 1918. Serial 110.237,613.

T0 all whom t may concern.' Y y Be it known that I, FREDERICK M. BALD- WIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bishop, in the county of Inyo and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Oil-Cloth Display-Rack and Cutting-Tables, of which the following is a specilication.

My object is to make an oil cloth folding and cutting table and my invention consists and claimed. n t d Figure 1 is a side elevation of an oil cloth 'display rack folding and cutting table ernbodying the principles of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary horizontal section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1 and looking down- Fig. 5 is a fragmentary plan view, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows 5 in Figs. 3 and 4. d v

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary vertical section on the line 6-6 of Fig. 9.

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary inside elevation*7 looking in the direction indicated by the` arrows 7 in Figs. 2 ,and 8 -andshowing one of the bearings for ,supporting the spindles of the oil cloth, rolls. t A

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary elevation, looking' in the direction indicated `by the arrow 8 in Fig. 7. i

Fig. 9 is a fragmentary top plan of the folding leaf and the mechanism for operating the folding leaf,the view being taken looking in the direction indicated by the arrow 9 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 1() is an enlarged cross-sectionalV detail through one of the folding braces for supporting the folding leaf, and taken on the line 10-10 of Fig. 1.

The angle irons 1 and 2 are of considerable length and the upper ends of these angle irons are secured to one end of a bar 3.

The lower ends i of the angle irons are spaced apart and connected by a lower horizontal brace 4. and an intermediate brace 5. In a like manner the angle irons 6 and 7 are connected to the other end of the bar 3 and are connected at-their lower and intermediate portions by braces similar to 4 and 5. The two A-shaped frames thus formed are connected by the rear horizontal angle irons 8 and 9 connecting the angle irons 2 and 7, and the front Vhorizontal angle iron 10 connecting the angle irons 1 and 6. The transversely extendingv webs v11'of the angle ,irons 1,2, 6 and 7 are at the outer sides of the longitudinally extending webs in the novel features hereln shown, described Patented sept. +r, ieee.

12. Tongues are cut from the inner edges of t'he webs 12 and bent outwardly to form the hooked bearings 13 for receiving the spindles le of the oil cloth rolls 15. The

` hooked bearings 13 open upwardly and outbetween the vertical angle irons 1 and 6 are also in storage'or on display, while the roll 16Jis in position to be unrolled, measured, cut and folded, as when a piece of oil cloth is to be sold.4 1

Arms 17 and 18 extend forwardly from the cngle irons 1 and 6 just below the roll 16, and a brace '19connects the forward ends of these arms. Preferably,the brace 19 and arms 17 and 18'are formed of asingle piece of angle iron, the ends' of the i brace 19 being bent at right angles to form the arms 17 and 18.

The cutter bar 20Vis rigidly mounted upon the brace 19 and has a smooth yupper bearing surface 21,- a smooth inner face 22, and a cutting edge 23 at the junction of the faces 21v and 22. A guide bar 24 is rigidly fixed Vto Vthe arms 17 and18` parallel with the cutter 29, said bolt engaging the center of the,

spring, and the ends of the spring being rounded to bear against and run upon theV face 25. An arm 30 extends forwardly from the lower end of the head 27 below the brace 19. A track bar 31 is fixed below the brace 19 and has a lower horizontal bearing face 32. A. U-shaped leaf spring 33 vis iiXed yat its center to the arm 30, and the ends of the leaf spring are rounded to bear against and Vslide upon the face 32.

A bearing 34 is formed at the upper end of the head 27. The cutting disk 35 fits against the forward end of the bearing 34 and fits against the face 22 to coperate with the cutting edge 23. A roller 36 is formed integral with or xed to the cutting disk 35 and runs upon the face 21. A shouldered bolt 37 is insertedvthrough the roller 36, throughA the disk 35, with its shoulder engaging the end of the bearing 34 and its reduced portion extending throughthe bearing 34, and a nut 38 is mounted upon the rear end of the bolt, so that the nut may be tightened to make the bolt rigid and at the same time leave the roller 36 and the disk 35 free to run.

A pintle 39 extends downwardly from the head 27, there being a shoulder 40 around the upper end of the pintle. An operating` arm 41 is pivotally mounted to swing in a horizontal plane by a pivot 42 fixed in the horizontal angle iron 9. The arm 41 is a channel bar andhas a longitudinal slot 43 extending from its forward end backwardly a considerable distance, said slot being formed vertically through the central web of the'channel bar, and the pintle 39 slides in this slot 43. A key 44 is inserted through the pintle 39 below the arm 41 to hold the arm up in place. Normally the arm 41 stands at anangle of about forty-five degrees when seen in plan, as in Fig. 2, with the cutting disk 35 at the right-hand end ofthe cutter bar 20. A short arm 45 extends backwardly' from the arm 41 and from the pivot`42. A link 46 is connected to the rear end .of the arm 45, a hand-lever 47 is connected to,the vertical angle iron 1 by a pivot 48 mounted in a bracket 49, i

and the link 46 is connected to the intermediate portion of the hand-lever 47. The hand-lever 47 normally stands at an angle of Vabout thirty degrees relative to a transverse line and inside of the angle irons 1 and 2, so that when the handle 50 of the hand-lever is grasped by the operator and pulled outwardly into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 the cutting disk 35 will roll along the cutting edge 23 to the opposite end of the cutter ,bar 20 and when the handle 50 is moved inwardly to its normal position the cutting disk will return to the starting point.

The folding leaf 51 is connected to the brace 19 by hinges 52 so as to swing upwardly to a horizontal position substantially on a level with the face 21 of the cut- .ter bar 2O and swing downwardly to a vertical position, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. Folding braces 53 are connected at their lower ends to the horizontal angle iron 10 by hinges 54 and the upper ends of the braces are connected to the lower face of the leaf 51 by hinges The members 56 and 57 of the braces are channel-shaped in crossscction. A channel-shaped hinge member 58 straddles the member 56 near its lower end and is rigidly secured in place by a rivet 59 and this hinge member straddles the upper end of the member 57 and is'c'onnected thereto by a pivot pin 60, so that when the leaf 51 is raised the members 56 and 57 will fall downwardly until the end 61 engages the member 57 and makes va stiffA joint, and so that when itfr is desired toilower the leaf 51' the members 56 and 57 willfold up-f wardly, as shown in dotted lines in' Fig. A rock-shaft 62V is mounted through the webs 11 of the angle irons 1 and'6 parallel with and near to the horizontal angle iron 10 and below the hinges 54, and crank arms 63 extend from the rock-shaft near the braces 53, and cranks 64 extend from the. outer ends of the crank arms 63 and engage under the members 57. A foot-lever 65 is fixed to the operating end of the rock-shaft 62 and extends in an opposite direction from the crank arms 63 so that when itis desired the edge 67 to the cutting edge 23 andthe leaf may have graduations 68 'along itsedge to show half a yard, quarter-yard, etc.

Slide-ways 69 are mountedrbelow the leaf 51, and arms 7 0 are mounted inthe slide- Vways and have stops 71 on their rear ends and semi-circular bends 72 upon their forward ends. The slide-ways 69 are located; a distance from the edge 67 so that the arms 70 may be moved backwardly to bring the semi-circular. bends 72 under the leaf, as shown in full lines'in Fig. 6, and so that'the semi-circular bends 72 may be pulled Voutwardly, as shown in dotted lines. yThe semicircular bends 72 open upwardly so that-the oil cloth'may be rolled and laid in these bends and it may be further rolled while resting in the bends. f

The angle irons 1, 2, 6 and 7 not only form the main frame of the device but they serve as racks for storing and displaying the rolls of oil cloth. When a roll has beensele'cted from which a piece is to be sold it is placed in the position of the roll 16 and the free edge of the oil cloth is drawnoverthecutter bar 2O and over the leaf 51 to the edge 67 and if only a yard is to be sold the handle 5() is grasped by the operator to `manipulate the cutter head 27 carrying the cutting disk 35 to cut off the yard of oil cloth.' As the arm 41 swings from its normal position the pintle y 39 slides in the slot 43 forwardly and back- CTV wardly. f several yards of oil cloth are to be sold the forward edge may berolled and placed in the semi-circular bends 72 to support the oil cloth while the cutter is being operated. When the sale has been completed the pedal 66 may be operated to fold the leaf 5l downwardly out of the way and when it is desired to make another sale the leaf is elevated and the folding braces 53 automatically swing downwardly into place to hold the leaf in its elevated position.

If desired the severed piece of oil cloth may be folded upon the leaf 5l.

Thus I have produced a stand for ldisplaying and selling oil cloth, or the like, from rolls7 and provided convenient means for measuring7 cutting, and re-rolling or folding the severed pieces. a

YVarious changes may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention as claimed.

I claim z l. In an oil cloth display rack and cutting table, a table leaf; slide-ways below the leaf;

v arms in the slide-ways; and roller supports i carried by the arms and adapted to extend beyond the edge of the leaf.

2. In an oil cloth display rack and cutting table; a horizontal bar; two angles secured to each end of the bar and forming legs for supporting the bar; hook bearings cut from the inner edges of webs of the angle irons and bent outwardly; and oil cloth spindles fitting in the bearings.

3. In an oil cloth display rack andgcutting table, a support; a leaf foldably connected to the support; folding braces connected to the support and to the leaf for holding the leaf unfolded; a rock-shaft mounted in the support; crank arms extending from the rock-shaft; cranks at the outer ends ofthe l crank arms and engaging the folding braces7 and a foot lever fixed upon the rock-shaft so that by operating the foot lever the braces may be folded -to fold the leaf.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification. l Y

FREDERICK'M. BALDWIN. 

